05-03-呼啸山庄 [57]
说话。可怜的哈里顿想对她友善一点,可她又看不起他没教养。我愿意辞了这儿的工作,租上一间小农舍让凯茜来和我一起住,但希斯克利夫决不会答应的。当然,要是她再嫁人的话她就能离开那宅子,可要我安排我又无能为力。
■ 17 Mr Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights again
1802 After hearing the end of Mrs Dean's story,I made my plans for the future.I decided I did not want to spend another winter at the Grange,and told her I would ride to the Heights to inform my landlord.She handed me a letter to give to Cathy Heathcliff.
When I arrived at the gate,Hareton met me and took me into the house.Cathy was there,preparing vegetables for lunch.She did not bother to greet me.
‘She may be beautiful,’I thought,‘but she's not very polite.’I passed by her chair,and cleverly dropped Mrs Dean's note in front of her,so that Hareton wouldn't see it.She,however,just said aloud,‘What's that?’
‘A letter from the housekeeper at the Grange,’I said,annoyed with her.She gasped,and tried to pick it up,but Hareton got there first.
‘Mr Heathcliff will want to look at this,’he said,putting it in his pocket.But when Cathy pretended to cry,Hareton could not bear to make her sad,and he threw the letter down on the table.She eagerly read every word,and asked me several questions about the people at the Grange.
‘Mrs Dean will want an answer to her letter,’I reminded her.
‘You must tell her that I have no paper or pens to write with.I haven't even any books!'she answered sadly.
‘No books!’I cried.‘How can you manage without them in this lonely place?’
‘I always used to read so much that Mr Heathcliff decided to take away my only pleasure and destroy my books.I've looked all over the house for them.Joseph only reads the Bible,but some of my books are in Hareton's room!Why did you take them,Hareton?Just because you enjoy stealing?They can't be any use to you!’
‘I think Mr Hareton wants to learn,’I said,hoping to prevent a quarrel between them.‘No doubt he took them away to study them.’
‘Yes,'replied Cathy,laughing.‘I hear him trying to read to himself sometimes and it's extremely funny!He makes some terrible mistakes!’
After a moment's shocked silence Hareton left the room.He returned almost immediately with his arms full of books,and threw them angrily down at Cathy's feet.
‘Take them!’he shouted.‘I never want to see them again!’
‘I won't have them now,'she said.‘I'll hate them because they'll make me think of you.’
Hareton picked up the books and threw them on the fire,then walked quickly out of the house.
Mr Heathcliff came in as Hareton went out.He had a restless,anxious expression on his face.
‘Mr Heathcliff,’I said,‘I must tell you I'm leaving for London next week,for six months,and I shan't want to rent the Grange any more after October.’
‘So,Mr Lockwood,you've got tired of the moors already,have you?Well,have your lunch with Hareton and me,anyway.Cathy,take your lunch in the kitchen with Joseph and Zillah.’
I did not enjoy lunch with my two silent companions,and left the Heights straight afterwards.
‘What a pity,’I thought,‘that Cathy Heathcliff and I didn't fall in love,as Mrs Dean would have liked!Then I could have taken her away from this miserable place for ever!’
Several months later,in September,I was travelling to visit friends in Yorkshire.I found myself near Thrushcross Grange,and decided to spend a night there.After all,I was still paying rent for it.When I arrived,I was surprised to find a different housekeeper,who told me Mrs Dean had become housekeeper at the Heights.I wanted to have a walk after travelling all day,
■ 17 Mr Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights again
1802 After hearing the end of Mrs Dean's story,I made my plans for the future.I decided I did not want to spend another winter at the Grange,and told her I would ride to the Heights to inform my landlord.She handed me a letter to give to Cathy Heathcliff.
When I arrived at the gate,Hareton met me and took me into the house.Cathy was there,preparing vegetables for lunch.She did not bother to greet me.
‘She may be beautiful,’I thought,‘but she's not very polite.’I passed by her chair,and cleverly dropped Mrs Dean's note in front of her,so that Hareton wouldn't see it.She,however,just said aloud,‘What's that?’
‘A letter from the housekeeper at the Grange,’I said,annoyed with her.She gasped,and tried to pick it up,but Hareton got there first.
‘Mr Heathcliff will want to look at this,’he said,putting it in his pocket.But when Cathy pretended to cry,Hareton could not bear to make her sad,and he threw the letter down on the table.She eagerly read every word,and asked me several questions about the people at the Grange.
‘Mrs Dean will want an answer to her letter,’I reminded her.
‘You must tell her that I have no paper or pens to write with.I haven't even any books!'she answered sadly.
‘No books!’I cried.‘How can you manage without them in this lonely place?’
‘I always used to read so much that Mr Heathcliff decided to take away my only pleasure and destroy my books.I've looked all over the house for them.Joseph only reads the Bible,but some of my books are in Hareton's room!Why did you take them,Hareton?Just because you enjoy stealing?They can't be any use to you!’
‘I think Mr Hareton wants to learn,’I said,hoping to prevent a quarrel between them.‘No doubt he took them away to study them.’
‘Yes,'replied Cathy,laughing.‘I hear him trying to read to himself sometimes and it's extremely funny!He makes some terrible mistakes!’
After a moment's shocked silence Hareton left the room.He returned almost immediately with his arms full of books,and threw them angrily down at Cathy's feet.
‘Take them!’he shouted.‘I never want to see them again!’
‘I won't have them now,'she said.‘I'll hate them because they'll make me think of you.’
Hareton picked up the books and threw them on the fire,then walked quickly out of the house.
Mr Heathcliff came in as Hareton went out.He had a restless,anxious expression on his face.
‘Mr Heathcliff,’I said,‘I must tell you I'm leaving for London next week,for six months,and I shan't want to rent the Grange any more after October.’
‘So,Mr Lockwood,you've got tired of the moors already,have you?Well,have your lunch with Hareton and me,anyway.Cathy,take your lunch in the kitchen with Joseph and Zillah.’
I did not enjoy lunch with my two silent companions,and left the Heights straight afterwards.
‘What a pity,’I thought,‘that Cathy Heathcliff and I didn't fall in love,as Mrs Dean would have liked!Then I could have taken her away from this miserable place for ever!’
Several months later,in September,I was travelling to visit friends in Yorkshire.I found myself near Thrushcross Grange,and decided to spend a night there.After all,I was still paying rent for it.When I arrived,I was surprised to find a different housekeeper,who told me Mrs Dean had become housekeeper at the Heights.I wanted to have a walk after travelling all day,